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Data breach? No big deal: Indian companies take it easy

You’d think Indian companies would care more about data breaches. But thanks to Indian laws, companies needn’t bother about your details leaking out. So, often, they don’t

08/03/18

Sidhartha Shukla, Shashidhar KJ, Arundhati Ramanathan

Indian companies’ data security practices are under the lens with security experts poking holes in their system—the latest being Truecaller Pay and Tata Sky

Not securing their servers at the admin level leaves their systems vulnerable

CERT-In is supposed to log all security breaches in the country. But the IT Act does not give enough support to data security

A new data protection bill is in the works. It’ll apply horizontally across verticals, but it will see pushback from companies

What happens when a friendly-neighbourhood ethical hacker warns companies of their vulnerabilities in India? A) The companies don’t care because they’re answerable to no one B) The companies ask them to mind their own business and quietly patch their own servers C) The companies consider getting the ethical hacker prosecuted (instead of rewarding them) D)…

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What happens when a friendly-neighbourhood ethical hacker warns companies of their vulnerabilities in India? A) The companies don’t care because they’re answerable to no one B) The companies ask them to mind their own business and quietly patch their own servers C) The companies consider getting the ethical hacker prosecuted (instead of rewarding them) D)…

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